One in three people believe they don't have to seek the news from traditional outlets like newspapers and television. Instead ...

BEIJING, Dec ‌20 (Reuters) - The content recommendation algorithm that powers the online short ‌video platform TikTok has once again come under the spotlight after the app's Chinese owner ByteDance ...

Amazon can steer market-wide prices without ever colluding—exposing a gap in antitrust law that the FTC is now fighting to close.

We've all been there: Scrolling through social media and spotting the ads recommending something you never knew you needed, whether it's the perfect pair of shoes, a gadget to solve an annoying ...

Algorithms have taken on an almost mythical significance in the modern world. They determine what you see on social media and when browsing online, help form people’s belief systems, and impact the ...

In the months following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in 2022, my experience with the platform (and perhaps yours too) got quickly, dramatically worse. My algorithmic timeline, better ...

Platform-optimized stories may perform best inside the digital environment, but this performance does not always guarantee ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...